imac g4 and internet

Hi,

Another way could be to use an external Wi-Fi range extender with an Ethernet port (similar to the examples Edimax EW-7438RPn Mini and TP-Link RE200) operating in a wireless Ethernet bridge (or client/media adapter) mode. One would connect the device in question to the computer's Ethernet port. That should allow the iMac G4 to work with WPA2.

However, unless the iMac G4 is running Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and TenFourFox, more or less all browsers will have difficulties with modern (secure) web pages, as Limnos also indicated.

Hello jeb,

And the question is? ;-)

If you're asking how to use it with the modern router you should be able to still use it with wi-fi, though probably not 5G. You may also need to be careful about which security protocols you use since a new router may have some that didn't exist back when your G4 was mode. I used to use my G4 with an Ethernet connection that I shared with other computers over an Ethernet hub.

Unfortunately my G4 died 3 years ago so I can't remember all the settings details from back then. I had a tower model with an third party wifi card I used for a short while 8 years ago. I remember it working but not the settings. I think you could try Airport. I believe that was just what Apple called WiFi back then.

As for Safari, I would think any version of that on a G4's OS would be truly ancient and might just be failing on its own accord. I used TenFourFox on my G4. I think they may even still be updating that.

Hi,

Glad to hear that. Thank you for the report.

Kind regards,

Jan